Sentenced to Death Accused in Redfern Shooting Case Sydney
Convicted of having wounded Nathan Segal, with intent to murder him, Robert Sydney Jones, aged 34 years, and Erie Kelly, aged 26 years,…
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Police Witnesses Defended Sydney
Mr. Harrison. S.M., today convicted Eric Gustave Hellstrom, 44, accountant, on a charge of drunkenness, and imposed a nominal penalty of 10/…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duchess of Kent Accompanied by Extra Police London
Extra police and private detectives accompanied the Duchess of Kent when she visited a garden party at the Babies' Club at Chelsea to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chain Letters "Magic of Multiplication" Police Revelations Sydney
Investigations carried out by Inspector O'Keefe, who has charge of the special squad used for the suppression of starting price betting and alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Divorce by Fraud Queensland Court's Finding Against Woman Brisbane
That Julius Charlotte Cane, of Randwick, New South Wales, had obtained a divorce from Joseph Martin Cane by means of fraud, was the finding of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flour Tax Upheld by High Court Company Must Pay Melbourne
The validity of the Federal flour tax was upheld by the Full High Court to-day by a majority of 4 to 1. The Chief Justice (Sir John Latham) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence at Cootamundra Fire Inquiry “No Evidence Against Owner” Says the Coroner Petrol and Staked Timber Solicitor and Police Exchange Words
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE was given at an inquiry, held at Cootamundra on Tuesday. The inquiry concerned a fire which occured early in the morning of May 27 in an unoccupiel house, [?]wned by Salem Andrew Batros of Cootamundra. There were some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court THURSDAY, 8th JUNE (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.) False Pretences McLACHLIN Sentenced to Three Months May Be Declared Habitual Criminal
Robert Donald McLachlin (49) was charged with falsely pretending to Nora Kennedy that a certain paper purporting to be a cheque drawn by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carried Man From Hotel; Charge of Stealing Dismissed Second Defendant Pleaded Guilty, Made Accusation
AFTER listening to exhaustive evidence in a case in which a widelyknown Leeton man was charged with having stolen six £1 notes from, the person of an elderly man whom he assisted from the bar of the Hotel Leeton on a recent Saturday afternoon, Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flour Tax Upheld by High Court
The validity of the Federal flour tax was upheld by the Full High Court on Wednesday by a majority of 4 to 1. The Chief Justice (Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Supreme Court Action Wagga Garage Proprietor
At a recent sitting of the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Maxwell, William Eric Burgess, carrier, of Villawood, claimed damages from Lancet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shooting Charge Police Have No Evidence SYDNEY
When the case of Sidney Ernest Sloane, 24, laborer charged with having shot at Charles McGuire and Michael Phillips, with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Heifers in Disfute Crampton Wins Case Against Wilkinson Caustic Comments by Magistrate Common Administration Critised
A case arousing great local interest was heard at the Tumut Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M.. when Henry Crampton proceeded against Herbert Wilkinson for the return of two heifers detained by him, or the payment of their value viz…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Changing Spurious Coin Led to Committal Police Story of Whitton Cafe Robbery Money and Cigarettes Stolen
WHEN he asked a barman at the Whitton Hotel to change a spurious two-shilling piece, which he said he had been given there in change, Thomas Henry Croucher, of Whitton, set in motion a set of circumstances which resulted in his being committed for trial at Narandera…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Robbery of Adelong Store Two Victorian Men Before Adelong Court Both Committed for Trial at Gundagai Quarter Sessions
At the Adelong Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., Noel Gordon Sleight (18 years) and Thomas Carter (18) were charged with that at Adelong on 24th May, 1939, they did break and enter Mackay's store and steal therefrom goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate’s Scathing Remarks “Loose Administration on Behalf of Tumut Common”. Police Court Case At Tumut
AT THE Tumut Police Court on Wednesday last, Herbert Oliver Lewis Wilkinson was charged, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., with detaining one roan and one blackheifer each branded 3 over W of the value of £10, the possession of which Henry James Crampton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Police Court Breaking and Entering Charge
Eric Johnstone was charged at the Wagga Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. A. Harris. P.M., with having broken and entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Gold Kalgoorlie
Arising out of a recent theft of gold at the Hamman's North Mine, three men appeared in the Kalgoorlie Court to-day. Charles Egan, aged 36 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Winter Court
In summing up the case where the lady of the house complained of her heating bills being too high, the judge, said that if she only lines her walls…
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